TripAdvisor Reviews La Quinta Woodlands Hotel Houston

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... to meet them in Houston where we spent a few hours in the Museum of Natural History.

What an experience that was. We basically only touched on some of its treasures, it would take days to really take in everything that was on offer at this place. Hands on exhibits that children just love, magnificent gemstones worth millions of dollars, fossils that are even older than I am, a history ...

... had an ice cream bar for sundaes. So once again, it's diet time Tomorrow we pack up and head for home. We should be back in San Antonio about 3pm, but we have to take "G/G" to storage, move everything into the car and then head for home. If we're real good, we may be home by 4. Hope everyone has had a good start to their New Year. We've had a good time, even if it has been colder than we would like, but it will be good to get home for a ...

... in the Tom Hanks movie). One story I found particularly interesting was a story about Apollo 10, the test run for the moon landing. Apparently if Apollo 10 had failed, there would have been no Apollo 11--at least not for some time. Apollo 10 was hit by lightning, not once, but twice, during the ascent, and all the power went out in the command module. The flight director was on the verge of aborting the trip, when one of the ...

... is quite neat. The other major roads and freeways are multiple-laned (especially the one our apartment backs onto - 22 lanes). The part I find a bit stressful is when you approach multiple road options that loop around and over like an octopus. I've included a pic of one such 4 way stop signs - (instead of roundabouts) Basically, whoever is first to stop is first to go and then you take turns giving way to ...

... the opportunity to see his work in person, I feel the exact opposite. This exhibition was very interesting to me because the black and white focus made the forms and shapes used much more apparent. It was easier to digest the differences in his techniques and how his style evolved over the course of his life.

Additionally, it was interesting to me were the multiple sculptures included in the exhibition and the varying styles of those as ...